Florida town erects last-minute Nativity scene after ban to keep out Festivus pole

[phantom power]

The 1st amendment -- confusing conservatives since 1789.

A self-described “militant atheist” is threatening to sue a Florida town after it put up a Nativity display at the fire station even though it had banned them earlier this year so that a Festivus pole would not have to be given equal consideration.

In 2012, the mayor of Deerfield Beach had given in to atheist Chaz Stevens and the American Civil Liberty Union, allowing an 8-foot-tall Festivus pole made of Pabst Blue Ribbon cans to be placed alongside a manger and Menorah. Festivus is a secular holiday created by the television show Seinfield, which some atheists celebrate on Dec. 23.

But to prevent Stevens from putting up the pole again this year, a city spokesperson told the Sun Sentinel that it had banned all holiday displays that it did not put up itself. Many thought that it meant that there would be no Nativity scene because the display belonged to a private business.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/23/florida-town-erects-last-minute-nativity-after-ban-to-keep-out-festivus-pole/

[Berlum]

1. Sneaky, occult machinations (R) are distinctly diabolic. What about the rest of us?

[arcane1]

2. The 1st amendment and the 10 commandments.

I seem to recall a commandment against creating likenesses